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SF-4914C8: Pin

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PIN

Unique ID: SF-4914C8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation

An incomplete Early Medieval copper-alloy pin with decorated head. Only the head and part of the shaft survives, the remainder of the object is missing due to old breaks, now worn.

The head is a flattened bi-conical in shape with a flattened hexagonal top. It is decorated with nine ring and dot motifs, one on the top, four around the upper half and four below. The shaft is cylindrical in form before terminating in old breaks.

This pin measures 25.19mm in length, 7.28mm in diameter at the head, 1.58mm in diameter at the shaft, 1.55g in weight.

There are similar examples recorded on the PAS database (SF-2706DA), (SF-50A8A8), (SF-DFEAD3).

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 720
Date to: Circa AD 900

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Length: 25.19 mm
Weight: 1.55 g
Diameter: 7.28 mm

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 2014

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Suffolk (County)
District: St. Edmundsbury (District)
To be known as: Poslingford

Spatial coordinates


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Audit data

Recording Institution: SF
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 9 years ago

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